Found camera

Found at Wye creek

Do you recognise the camera or climber?

New routes

With Spring we are back on the rock
We have done a few new routes

At Wye Creek

Harold's wall
A link from Chimney sweep 16 to the top of Fata morgana 15, making a 2 pitch adventure. (Chimney sweep is dirty on the bottom half!)

Main Wall
A new route Called Twelve 17 that starts on the first 4 bolts of Almi then another 9 of it's own - GREAT wee route. **

Up South Wye

Gauntlet (Mixed). On the North side
We finally finished the route we backed off last summer . Just as well we did rapping in the Loose rocks that turned us back ground up, fell like a deck of cards with just a wee nudge. Hence the name. We did 2 pitches of 17, there is a possible 3rd pitch But it would be mid 20's, and we're not up to it with Aaron's injury and my lack of ability.

Big mama crack 16. I thought this looked awesome but it was only OK. Run out gear! 1 bolt + trad

We are starting a new line as well which will be the best of the 3 from the quick look we've had so far. It will be mixed too

Check out the new routes book in the Bivvy for more details!

The garden

Everything is flowering!

 ribbon wood

Beech

This year was the first flowering of beech, cabbage tree's, Kowhai, and ribbon wood. Loving it!

Du Faur centennary climb

On Dec the 4th it will be one hundred years since Freda du faur was the first woman to climb Mt cook/Aoraki

To celebrate there was a host of events an I attended a woman's ascent of Du Faur peak in Aoraki national park

Carla,Jane( trip leader),Sam and I, Quet, Elke, katrina and Eveline

Sam has me in a headlock since I got her into this!

 day 1: Along the hooker past the lake and the Glacier headescorted by Lee anne and Alison

 Up through the Morraine( chossy gravel Slide to cliff)

 Up some cool rock scrabling interupted by never ending scree sections.

 we stayed in and around Copeland shelter (Aoraki in Reflection)

 day 2: In the morning we Crossed to the west Coast via Fitzgerald pass

Du Faur: our intended peak.

Ket and Elke My partners in descent. We traversed the Divide and Descended the eugenie Galcier

Lunc at top of Eugenie

At Sefton Bivvy looking up at the Glacier we just crossed

 A fabulous weekend with some really lovely ladies.

Thanks to Jane and Elke for their Patient guidance

Aaron's film Job

In Moustache on location, and below the link to the finished result.

Aaron was the body double for the Actor so it is him falling and climbing

http://www.bigpictures.co.nz/index.php?p=work&l=en
(Click on EOS Canon)

Earthquake

We've had a few calls checking we are safe.( we are) The South Island isn't that small people the Earthquake was in Christchurch. 550km away , though were woken up and  am rethinking my sleeping attire as by the time I figured out where my clothes were it was all over. We only shook for about 40 secs here, but friends In CHCH said that it went on for about 12 mins!
Same size as Haiti( 7.1) but luckily no Deaths to date. I am supposed to stay there Monday night, but with no sewerage I will try and book further North!

Some of G man's Photo's from alpine club comp

http://alpineclub.org.nz/image/aaron-ford-between-a-rock-and-fragile-ice-sending-grey-power-m8-in-wye-creek

http://alpineclub.org.nz/image/aaron-ford-hitting-hard-the-wye-creek-ice